Intel Core i5-9300H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-9300H vs Core 5 120U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9300H beats the Core 5 120U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9300H. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-9300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9300H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-9300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.